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@emilis@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-11 15:55:31

#time #physics

Physicists created a tiny universe where time emerged without a clock
What if time doesn't actually exist until something changes? Scientists at the University of Birmingham created a tiny "mini universe" using 24,000 ultracold atoms and showed that the flow of time can emerge naturally from changes inside a quantum system, without relying on any external clock.

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-14 01:02:03

Big Mysteries Survey - Physicists' Views on Cosmology, Black Holes, Quantum Mechanics, and Quantum Gravity: #Physics Mysteries: physics.aps.org/articles/v19/34

@outer@mas.to
2026-06-20 17:11:23

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
― John Archibald Wheeler
#Quote #Science #Physics